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iPOULTEY CULTURE 



When white and black fowls are crossed the general tend- 

 ency is the production of white fowls, yet by careful selection 

 other colors may be produced. The Barred Plymouth Rock 

 is one of these examples; another is the Mottled Ancona, also 

 the Houdan. 



Red fowls crossed with fowls of other colors will invariably 

 produce progeny having more or less red in their plumage, 



Fig. 36. — Feathers from a Barred Plymouth Rock coekbird and two hens, 

 showing a perfect cockerel mating in color. 



though the exact shade may be variable, and may be lighter 

 or darker than the red in the plumage of the parent, or a shade 

 may be produced that cannot be called red, but which is 

 closely allied to that color. When red and white birds are 

 crossed the shades produced are straw, lemon, cinnamon, and 

 orange. There will also be noted in breeding this progeny 

 that there is a tendency to revert to the original red, thus red 

 mixed with white producing some shade of color in between. 



